The Sing-Off

NBC’s much-better-than-it-sounds holiday competition series The Sing-Off will return this December, and that should be happy news, but it’s mostly said. That’s because judge Ben Folds won’t be returning, and the series has been reduced to a single two-hour special featuring six groups. The prize has also been reduced from $100,000 and a Sony recording contract to just $50,000…. continue reading

NBC’s The Sing-Off returned after two years last night, reminding us of the power of pure, raw, impressive talent from incredible a cappella groups–and the power of a network competition show that just celebrates and showcases singing. Besides simple introductory packages for the groups and judging following the performances, there is minimal time-wasting or drama-creating… continue reading

The Sing-Off concludes its third and first full season tonight, as either the Dartmouth Aires, Pentatonix, or Urban Method will win the a cappella singing competition. But moving the show to the fall as a placeholder for The Voice may have been a mistake. Perhaps unsurprisingly, ratings are down significantly: they’ve have dropped more than… continue reading

The Celebrity Apprentice will return to NBC next spring for its fifth season, but if Donald Trump decides to run for president, the show will replace him. “If he decides to run for president and is unavailable to do the show, we will bring the show back and there will be somebody else sitting at… continue reading

NBC is bringing back two reality shows that no one really cared were gone: Last Comic Standing, which aired its sixth season in the summer of 2008, and The Sing Off, which aired in December over a week. The stand-up comedian competition Last Comic Standing 7 will air in the summer, and will now be… continue reading

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